Narada sting : ED files money laundering case against TMC leaders

Narada sting : ED files money laundering case against TMC leaders

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED)  has registered a money laundering case in the Narada 'sting' where a number of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders, including MPs and ministers, were allegedly caught on camera taking money.

The agency, officials said, has registered the case under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) based on a CBI FIR. It will probe the 'proceeds of crime' generated in this case and soon summonses would be issued to the accused for questioning, they said. The CBI's criminal FIR had been registered against 13 TMC leaders.

A case of alleged criminal conspiracy and corruption against Rajya Sabha MP Mukul Roy, Lok Sabha MPs Sultan Ahmed, Saugata Roy, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Aparupa Poddar, among others had been filed by the CBI. The case has been registered on the completion of a preliminary enquiry that was first conducted by the CBI.